Many important clinical conditions like Down syndrome and chronic myelogenous leukemia result from translocation mutations. A change in chromosome structure and content caused by translocation ...

However, recent human cases of H5N1 in British Columbia in Canada and California have increased concerns about the adaptability of the virus and possible mutations that could facilitate human-to ...

To artificially induce hereditary changes in plants, either physical or chemical agents are used. Ionizing radiation is a widely used physical agent to treat the seeds and other plant material of ...